Pregnancy outcome in short statured women.
J Indian Med Assoc
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1989 Feb; 87(2): 32-4
Article
in English
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| ID: sea-100848
ABSTRACT
Three hundred and forty short statured mothers (height less than 145 cm) were compared with 680 mothers (height more than 145 cm) who served as control to isolate problems associated with pregnancy and labour in the former. Short statured mothers hailed from poorer social class and had an unhealthy family and past history and higher incidence of pelvic deformities and abnormal presentations. They had a lower possibility of delivering vaginally and higher incidence of instrumental deliveries. Their offsprings were likely to be less in weight and suffered from a significantly higher incidence of stillbirth and neonatal death. All this made a short statured mother a high-risk patient.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Body Height
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Female
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Pregnancy
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Pregnancy Outcome
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Risk Factors
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Adult
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Dwarfism
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Fetal Growth Retardation
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Indian Med Assoc
Year:
1989
Type:
Article
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